Slides from Lightning Talk On Retro Computer Audio
Arcing Lamp. Used in theatres late 19c. Could be used to make sythetic sounds.
By Varying the distance between the two electrodes, you could create tunes.
Obligatory Sinewave Photo.
ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum Speaker of Power.
Writing a Song with the Beep Command
The Rival(Commodore 64 and SID chip)
SID Chip Features
Chiptunes make great use of Rapid Arpeggios.
Jeri Ellsworths Fantastic C64 Bass
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A Commodore Amiga
A £30 Sampling Interface. So Worth it.
Octamed. My go to choice of Music Tracker. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OctaMED
Protracker. The Grandaddy of Music Trackers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProTracker
Trackers Today. The Music tracker in Fantasy Console TIC-80. https://tic.computer/
https://youtu.be/khmJMpOdiRM Example of TIC-80 Music on the game Witch 'em up.